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I have always loved words. I wrote my first story as a child; it’s still one of my favorite childhood memories. My old manual typewriter was my favorite childhood gift.

I have self-published my first nonfiction book, which was very well received.

I want to write. Writing is not a childhood fantasy. It’s also not a pie-in-the-sky dream. I know most never make it big.

I still want to write. I feel like I will fail in life if I don’t write.

The desire is with me all the time. I’ve tried to get out from under it, actually. It can feel burdensome at times. I wonder why anyone even needs my voice when there are so many talented wordsmiths. But the desire still lurks within me.

I’m looking for any advice you have to offer on how to get started freelancing.

I’d love to do creative writing, guests blog posts, article writing, as well as additional books.

I don’t want DMs about the latest, greatest, rise-to-success business opportunities.

Please - Are there any successful writers/authors who can offer me some authentic information on how to get started?

I would greatly appreciate the help.

Peace and Blessings!

Latina female protagonist coming from a single father household who didn't want to end up the kid nor wanted a daughter. Her father was emotionally abusive and rarely physically abusive but would not remember hitting our protagonist due to intoxication. He wasnt completely aware of his emotional affect on his daughter and come puberty; she begins to develop severe depression leading to a series of events landing her at 13 about to go into foster care. Given to an abusive family, our protagonists prior dread develops into anger as she understands shes helpless. One day with the abusive family, the parentals are yelling at our protagonist and as the parentals see her fists ball in anger, they dare her to attack as a threat, as they pick up a knife. When our protagonist sees the knife she attacks the foster mother breaking her nose and knocking her on her ass. Before our protagonist xan turn around, the father stabs her in a non-vital spot and in an adrenaline rush, she cant feel it and she chokes the foster father until he's lifeless. She burns all the documents of her existence available to her in the foster house and flees. Shes saved by a boxing coach who hides her. After being found out at the age of 18, the coach had a plan for her to make a last pit escape to Tijuana, Mexico. There she joins a grang-remain of a once largly amassed cartel which has since been heavily shut down and split into remainder gangs around the country. As a high-ranking member of the leading gang of Tijuana, our protagonist is assaulted by the leader of the gang and brutally murders him. Our protagonist assumes the role of leader of the gang. With a woman in power of the gang, other gangs see it as a chance to take the boarder city of Tijuana under their control. At the same time, smaller gangs in tijuana decide to get together to create an opposing gang which disrupts the relativly high peace in a sector of Mexico. You learn your gang was a Mexican government place holder of a leading street-power to disempower other gangs. The protagonist is arrested and taken into questioning by the president. Once they decide they have common goals, our protagonist is returned to tijuana as leader of her gang and now has to manage a country wide gang-terrain war as well as work for the government. Our protagonists goal is to keep her gang as the best in the country and eliminate others. The leader before was blinded by selfishness and thus went too much into the criminal side of his position due to his necesary freedom. So whilst keeping her gang yhe strongest, she must also decriminalize her gang as much as possible

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Prologue

How do you do ladies and gentlemen my name is Oliver Lapossa. I shall be your narrator for tonight’s production. This piece of literary work is best consumed with a pipe of your finest Acapulco Gold as well as a complementary cassette tape of your choosing. If I were you I would be accompanied with Mr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his brilliantly structured “Requiem and Clarinet Concerto”. You might be here for quite some time so it wouldn’t kill to have a refreshment to quench your thirst. May I suggest a lovely Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch on rocks. The program you’re about to be coerced into shouldn’t by no means be repeated. Do we have an understanding? Thank you and enjoy your time in the gallery.

Chapter One: London, England, 1968

The flat that I lived in, was considered of median value in 1968. I can still hear the distinct sound of automobiles racing against the wind and the grown gents, clinking glasses while smoking cigars. I recall these well-dressed men wearing Monicals and the smell of tobacco piercing my nostrils, leaving me with some sort of odd scent of sensation. The city of which I resided was called Havenbridge. Also known as the city of Scoundrels, Tramps, Scallywags, Ruffians, and just all around no good Bastards. My flat was on the center of Marina Drive down along the block you could spot out the wonderful Hippy Haven Tea Room. The name of the establishment was in enormous stretched out letters. This is where the so called Bastards and Tramps would sit for tea and purchase musical recordings. Back to the lovely cottage in the center of Marina Drive. Opening the front door with leading you into a living room where you could find my beautiful mother whoring over her art. She was fairly enthusiastic when it came to the works mounted on upon walls. She wasn’t the maker of said art but loved the aesthetic, as well as the bending of natural color. Her favorite piece to admire was done by Elio Starling. The style was quite a surprise for my eyes especially the colorlessness that was almost too surreal. The work was done on a 24x36 Inch canvas mother had strategically placed, on the wall, with the couch in front of it. The portrait showed graphic penetration of a man and woman. While the lady with no color lies on a red bedspread the man is performing inner-course. Except the real eye grabber isn’t the obsess of sex for me. It’s the intentional way how the lady with no color is drawn fully while the man performing the actions is just a silhouette no actual body. This artwork has stuck with me for so many years still to this day I am flabbergasted over this piece. In front of my mother sitting in his car next to his record player you would come in contact with my father. Not quite strict or stern, by any means, but a nasty bastard nonetheless. He never laid a finger on me or my eldest sister nor has he even raised his voice for that matter. His way was far more hurtful simply just acting as if you weren’t there. Which is what he’s done for 16 years up until this point. And 17 years if we’re concerning my sister. My whole life wondered how he could have one child be such a disappointment to the point he had to plant another. It’s bizarre how life works I guess. Father never liked me much we didn’t agree on most things but we both love the art of music. Him being more on the classical side of things while I enjoyed more rebellious endeavors. The only time we ever interacted was when he bought some new records and asked if I wanted to listen with him. This was more than my what my sister got. I can’t quite recall the last time they spoke to one another but it ended all the same with father sitting in his chair playing his records. Through a doorway leading from the living corridor you would find the kitchen. Nothing too special in here, you have your normal kitchen utensils as well as a refrigerator, a stove and a small table with four seats around it. On the opposite side of the kitchen you have another doorway leading into the study or library which was connected to a staircase for upstairs. Going upstairs you would have mother and father’s room and Eleanor’s room. She wasn’t a shy girl or an intelligent girl or even the talkative type she was just, a girl. While me and my parents loved art, music. Literature, film and other creative environments, she was just there. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t a whore at times she most certainly was. And she deserved her comeuppance more than most. But she was the eldest and I not dare conflict with her unless need be. She knows the rules and she knows to follow them. The only rule I have for everyone is stay away from my room. No is allowed to enter never. Father didn’t care to go down there even though he knew what was down in my laboratory. Mother while being less neglectful still didn’t care to know what was happening down there. Eleanor on the other hand decided to go snooping and found my pet rat I had named Cunt. Cunt was whom I considered my offspring at the time and Eleanor decided to converse with mother about Cunt. Mother confronted me and I told her this was untrue and the situation was done with. Now that I knew of their squabbles I must confront Eleanor. I couldn’t hurt her like I wanted to. She was stronger than me so I had to hurt her on a psychological level. Which meant getting rid of another colleague of the household. We had a family cat named Muskrat and he was scummy little puss. Eleanor adored the bastard more than anyone so one day before she came home from school I allowed muskrat in the laboratory. I felt like he deserved to meet Cunt. When Eleanor got home, she found a box perfectly wrapped on her bed. With a note that said “Don’t come in the Laboratory again.” And in the box was the severed head of little muskrat. Mangled and departed from the body. I took out the eyes and made sure to preserve them in a jar that I kept on my shelf. I took a beating for it, which I’ll admit I deserved. But no matter how hard she hit me it wouldn’t bring her cat back. And she never spoke of it again, nor has she been in the laboratory since.

• Should I Continue

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Hello everyone I am a dyslexic Danish author but I am writing in English I really need some help editing and making sure that my work is understandable since English is my first language it can be hard with some specific grammar stuff. Along with the fact that I am extremely dyslexic, I would really appreciate the help and some guidance I have been riding for almost 5 years and I am in the middle of one of my biggest projects yet. If anyone has time or is interested in helping me please reach out to me either here or on my discord natnat_69

If you're unsure if you can help me or even interested in helping me depending on what genre I'm writing here is a little bit about the story I'm working on and I would like help with. First of all, I write young adult fiction, Specifically the book I'm working on is about a princess and a prince Whose forced to be together to stop a war. If you would like to know more about my story please reach out to me

Even if you aren't willing or up for helping me I would love to get some writing buddies to spend some time with 🙂

Hey guys, I know this is not part of this, but my favorite blogger is shutting down, can you all help me make sure that they don't? Apparently, some asshat was harassing them, and they don't feel comfortable doing their blog anymore. Any help would be appreciated. Here's the link to their page, please help me support them, and not let them stop: https://www.facebook.com/workersreview/

How do you go about publishing your book.

After completing and editing your final manuscript, how do you get it from there to books on a shelf?

I am sure there is some legalities (copyright, publishing contracts, deals, etc.) behind that. How does that work?

I've been speaking to several authors who don't expect to make any money from their books. Is that a common expectation? If so, why? Cost of advertising/marketing; time constraints; not knowing where to find/reach the audience for their work?

Would love to hear any and all views!

Preface:
I hope this post is appropriate for this sub.
If it violates the rules or is seen as inappropriate, I will delete immediately and try elsewhere. (Very open to more appropriate suggestions!)

I am looking to further build my voice over portfolio and wondered if I might find any authors here, who are looking to have their work narrated.
Work is conducted in a professional home studio and given that I am an 'up-and-comer', the working prices are highly negotiable.

If this sounds like you, or any author you know, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Thanks.

Again, I am not trying to rustle any feathers, or clog up the sub with out of line material.
If this post is unacceptable, please let me know and I will remove it!

I need amazon book reviews for my two published books. One is a short horror story, another is a poetry book. Can someone help me?? I will provide free review copies for the same.

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The link is to my discord where you'll find google drive links to read either "Laws of Chaos" A cultivation/ system LITrpg, or "Crux" a straight up fantasy novel that is technically an Isekai but feels more like a true core fantasy book.

Crux has been lightly edited for grammar but both books are raw. I'm not looking for help with grammatical mistakes. I know I need to do something to deepen my characters, or make the reader fall into the world around them. I'm looking for suggestions and harsh constructive criticism to help these books become publishable. I would be eternally grateful to anyone who would take time to help me out here. Thankyou.

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